English Victorian Churches - Architecture, Faith and Revival | Prof. James Stevens Curl

Описание: In this provocative presentation from the first Norwegian Symposium on Beauty in Architecture 2023, James Stevens Curl delivers a profound exploration of Beauty as an architectural imperative.

British Professor James Stevens Curl, author of the Oxford Dictionary of Architecture, delves into the essential qualities of architectural grace, harmony, and self-transcendence. He then launches an uncompromising critique of a powerful 20th-century movement, arguing it actively promoted the ugly, rejected human needs, and inverted former values to create an "inhumane dystopia".

This lecture connects these aesthetic battles directly to the prodigious outbreak of church building in Victorian England. Discover how figures like A.W.N. Pugin sparked a scholarly revival of Gothic architecture to address the social and spiritual anxieties of the age. Examine the fascinating conflict between the English Gothic Revival and the Classical Roman models preferred by the Vatican. Understand the lasting legacy of architects who championed craftsmanship and scholarly design to create enduring works of beauty.

Examine the principles that defined Victorian ecclesiastical architecture and the philosophical war waged over the built environment that continues to this day.

Recorded at the first annual Beauty and Ugliness in Architecture conference in Oslo, May 2nd – 4th 2023.
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